.... IS BACK BIG TIME!!!!!!

And I am loving it. It almost never went, I thought it would take years to claw back this kind of hatred from other fans.....

It has only taken one top of the league finish and a dodgy loss against Leeds.

So.....

Is Sam Tomkins really a horrible person with a face you just want to punch?
Do we 'control' the RFL?
Are we really the taliban?
Are they jealous of our flags?
Are they annoyed about our overseas signings?
Are they envious of our young talent?

Or.....

Are other teams still massively jealous of our succesfull era and our tag as the best known and biggest RL club?

What is the reason for such hatred, it has just gone up a knotch from what I can see, both on here and speaking to friends who are saints fans..... One saints fan even said to me today (although off topic) 2our new stadium is basically a smaller version of Wembely"

As an attepmt to dig out another desperate argument against our club.

I was not around from 1984 to 1991 and can barely remember anything before 1995 so could some of your who were around maybe explain the hatred and how it developed?

Oh I think you will find that people mainly just hate you.

You cut me deep. But prove my point. The fact you have come on this board, read the post and responded with that just sums part of it up.

And what about you going onto the wire board, your comment is silly.

What a strange thread



Your mods really have to put up with some clowns on here

8 Challenge Cup wins on the trot 88 -95, winning the league most of those years as well, in addition several Premierships and John Player trophies.

Saw them all and they were "The happiest days of our lives!"

No wonder, though, we were/are hated.

Why Gary Schofield is like he is - and maybe why certain refs ( Ganson and Bentham) who grew up in this era may - under pressure - yield to their deep-seated antipathy towards Wigan!

I'm not sure thats it though. I wasn't around but I have a feeling our fans would have been unbelievably arrogant about those times.

I do think it is a throwback to the fact that we were so successful in the past, in being so we embody everything that was "bad" about the game. Hence why certain parts of the media and dare I say the RFL seem at times to do their utmost to belittle us. Even in our current clean state without any association to the cheating of the past, we are still the Dwayne Chambers of SL and I do think that if we do go on to more successes it'll only increase!

We are still the biggest name in British RL but I'd say Saints aren't too far off.

I'll probably start disliking Wigan again when they win something. That's when the green eyed monster comes out but he's been too busy with Saints and Leeds for the last decade.

Did it ever really go away? I think not!

Even though I'm sure he's intending to get a few bites, it's true what hes said. The Wigan hating has reached all new levels this week. Some people need to take more of an interest in their own clubs instead of sulking about Wigan.

Who do you support?

These threads are very annoying.

This is a forum for fans of all RL clubs. I can almost guarantee some of our fans will be on the Saints, Wire and Leeds boards as much as their fans are on this board; that's kind of the point of RLFans.

Of course fans of other clubs will be jealous of Wigan's past success, I'm sure as hell envious of the success Bradford, Saints and Leeds have enjoyed in recent times!

Part of the reason we may get 'special attention' is that Wigan fans manage to over react spectacularly to certain incidents (see McGuire's illegal tackle on Carmont), are easy to wind up, and reactions like the ones given to the news McGuire is out for the season won't get us many friends either.

People find Wigan amusing recently more then anything else.

Spot on.

Out of interest, who do most Wigan fans hate more, Warrington or Saints? Warrington or Leeds?

A sign of where the new dominant force in RL is emerging perhaps....?

Did you write that question intending to get a specific answer?

I hate rioters.

Don't hate any of them.

I work in Warrington, so that's a "special" relationship.

Saints is all about history, and there's a begrudging respect.

Leeds, only dislike them when we play them, and really don'y like McLemon. Preferred their "style" of play under Smith.

its been the case since the early 90's eddie and stevo's comentary seemsto have got more jealous as the season as gone on

Spot on.

Jealousy, pure and simple.

Amusing thing is that half of them dont have a clue why they hate us so much.

But I agree, happiest days of our lives

The only reason all this has flared up is because of the sheer hypocrisy of you all calling Danny McGuire a cheat when you've got Sam and Joel Tomkins in your team.

You finished top and had a good season. As such Wigan are in the firing line more than previous seasons. Look at all the stuff Leeds fans get fired at them week in week out. Success breeds contempt.

The reason your board has seen considerably more traffic is down to your team having played in, arguably, the biggest game of the league season so far. Throw in the atrocious comments yourself and others posted in the aftermath of the game and I think you have your answer. Although I do seem to remember that you tried to get, at the very least, Leeds fans to off over your Wigan team earlier in the season.

Is this another one of your "look at Wigan, we are the bestest" threads?